“Whenever there’s a gap in medicine, predators take advantage,” said Dr Gunter.
There is no evidence that highly restricted calorie diets have any positive effect, and the keto diet may make symptoms worse. Birth control pills do not cause PCOS and in fact help many women, though they don’t work for everyone. There is no known root cause for PCOS and there is no cure.
A new Snapchat feature aimed at teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) will save lives, according to former footballer Fabrice Muamba.
Snapchat users can find the feature within the Lenses section of their app.
Gina Neff, professor of technology and society at University of Oxford, tweeted the day after the ruling: "Right now, and I mean this instant, delete every digital trace of any menstrual tracking."
Her message has so far received more than 200,000 likes and been retweeted 54,000 times.
Period trackers are used to help women predict when their next period is likely to be, and are often used to either try to prevent pregnancy or to try to conceive.
There are fears that the apps could be used to punish those seeking a termination, if law enforcement got hold of the data.
A security vulnerability in the fitness app Strava allowed suspicious figures to identify and track security personnel working at secretive bases in Israel, a disinformation watchdog says.
"I've got most of my information about periods from TikTok," said 18-year-old Efa Angharad.
The sixth-former from Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, said her period education had been "pretty shocking".
It comes as a Swansea University study found menstrual cycle education needed to be addressed in schools.
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